document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=164007>Question 164007</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780073533490/algebrahomeworkh>Elementary and Intermediate</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> For a certain time period the ratio of the dollar value of exports to the dollar value of imports for the United States was 2 to 3. If the value of exports during that time period was 48 billion dollars, then what was the value of imports? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "2x=3*48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=144<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=144/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=$72 million for imports.<BR>\n" );
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